@article{fdi:010067706,
  title = {{A} spatially explicit estimate of the prewhaling abundance of the endangered {N}orth {A}tlantic right whale},
  author = {{M}onsarrat, {S}ophie and {P}ennino, {M}. {G}. and {S}mith, {T}. {D}. and {R}eeves, {R}. {R}. and {M}eynard, {C}. {N}. and {K}aplan, {D}. and {R}odrigues, {A}. {S}. {L}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{T}he {N}orth {A}tlantic right whale ({NARW}) ({E}ubalaena glacialis) is one of the world's most threatened whales. {I}t came close to extinction after nearly a millennium of exploitation and currently persists as a population of only approximately 500 individuals. {S}etting appropriate conservation targets for this species requires an understanding of its historical population size, as a baseline for measuring levels of depletion and progress toward recovery. {T}his is made difficult by the scarcity of records over this species' long whaling history. {W}e sought to estimate the preexploitation population size of the {N}orth {A}tlantic right whale and understand how this species was distributed across its range. {W}e used a spatially explicit data set on historical catches of {N}orth {P}acific right whales ({NPRW}s) ({E}ubalaena japonica) to model the relationship between right whale relative density and the environment during the summer feeding season. {A}ssuming the 2 right whale species select similar environments, we projected this model to the {N}orth {A}tlantic to predict how the relative abundance of {NARW}s varied across their range. {W}e calibrated these relative abundances with estimates of the {NPRW} total prewhaling population size to obtain high and low estimates for the overall {NARW} population size prior to exploitation. {T}he model predicted 9,075-21,328 right whales in the {N}orth {A}tlantic. {T}he current {NARW} population is thus <6% of the historical {N}orth {A}tlantic carrying capacity and has enormous potential for recovery. {A}ccording to the model, in {J}une-{S}eptember {NARW}s concentrated in 2 main feeding areas: east of the {G}rand {B}anks of {N}ewfoundland and in the {N}orwegian {S}ea. {T}hese 2 areas may become important in the future as feeding grounds and may already be used more regularly by this endangered species than is thought.},
  keywords = {{E}ubalaena ; feeding grounds ; generalized additive modeling ; historical baseline ; population size ; whaling ; areas de alimentacion ; caza de ballenas ; {E}ubalaena ; linea base historica ; modelado aditivo ; generalizado ; tamano de poblacion ; {ATLANTIQUE} {NORD}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{C}onservation {B}iology},
  volume = {30},
  numero = {4},
  pages = {783--791},
  ISSN = {0888-8892},
  year = {2016},
  DOI = {10.1111/cobi.12664},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010067706},
}